Sale reports / Texas / Lonestar Stockyards / 2023-01-17

Lonestar Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Wildorado, Texas · Tue, Jan 17
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3365
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,562 head
492 vs last sale 2,054 37 vs year ago 1,599 · 2.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
21 vs last sale 46 36 vs year ago 61 · 59.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
33 head
19 vs last sale 52 12 vs year ago 45 · 26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 4.00 lower on limited comparable sales. Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested for a market trend but a lower undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls traded mostly steady on a light test. Quality was mostly attractive with several load lots of yearlings off the short wheat and smaller packages of long weaned calves on offer. Hotter than average temperatures accompanied by high winds have expanded the extreme to exceptional drought in the Northern Panhandle, with the rest of the Panhandle in the moderate to severe drought categories. As a result, wheat cattle have started moving off of pastures earlier than normal due to the lack of precipitation in the region.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $180.83/cwt on 809 head.
Average price
$180.83
809 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,331
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$466
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$18.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.42
vs TX average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746181.531,354736
Medium and Large 1-2664176.771,17457
Medium and Large 2543163.3188816thin
One grade step is worth $18.22/cwt here — about $466 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale809 hd
180.83
TX average4 barns · 3,190 hd
188.25
−7.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66475.511,2564thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35572.009765thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01361.3762212

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,000$1,2251thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,083$1,1442thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,055$8657
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$81714
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,118$7823thin

Every lot, as filed

61 lots · USDA AMS · Lonestar Stockyards - Wildorado, TX
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380225.00/cwt225.00–225.008552
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2403171.00/cwt171.00–171.006895
SteersMedium and Large 11,051160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6828
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy877162.83/cwt162.50–163.001,4286
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy680170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1562
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy583183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0676
SteersMedium and Large 1463222.13/cwt215.00–232.001,02826
HeifersMedium and Large 1619168.33/cwt168.00–169.001,04237
SteersMedium and Large 2781157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2265
SteersMedium and Large 2553173.00/cwt173.00–173.009572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2682168.20/cwt166.00–170.001,1479
SteersMedium and Large 1429219.69/cwt215.00–225.009427
SteersMedium and Large 1860169.85/cwt169.85–169.851,46150
SteersMedium and Large 2338168.00/cwt168.00–168.005683
SteersMedium and Large 1779178.25/cwt178.25–178.251,389152
SteersMedium and Large 1747180.81/cwt174.50–181.001,351262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2786166.05/cwt165.00–172.001,30523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2579183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,06218
SteersMedium and Large 2445163.00/cwt163.00–163.007256
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490198.00/cwt198.00–198.009705
SteersMedium and Large 1824175.42/cwt173.50–175.501,445124
SteersMedium and Large 1968160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5492
SteersMedium and Large 1512207.36/cwt199.00–212.001,06235
SteersMedium and Large 1646184.10/cwt182.50–184.251,18956
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy765162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2397
HeifersMedium and Large 2510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006634
HeifersMedium and Large 1413188.00/cwt188.00–188.007768
BullsMedium and Large 1513189.00/cwt189.00–189.009702
BullsMedium and Large 1459205.00/cwt205.00–205.009412
BullsMedium and Large 1665157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0441
CowsLean 85-90%1,14065.00/cwt65.00–65.007411
CowsLean 85-90%1,03660.31/cwt59.50–61.506258
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66475.51/cwt73.00–77.501,2564
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35572.00/cwt70.00–74.509765
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight85562.00/cwt62.00–62.005301
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight93563.50/cwt63.50–63.505942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2911760.00/head760.00–760.007604
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0001,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,118782.32/head760.00–800.007823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2471,004.65/head900.00–1,125.001,0053
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,061761.17/head725.00–785.007615
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,04576.46/cwt75.00–78.007992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0831,143.71/head1,025.00–1,225.001,1442
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1989122.25/cwt110.00–132.001,2094
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,200848.76/head810.00–1,050.008499
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2632164.83/cwt162.00–169.001,0425
HeifersMedium and Large 1578176.12/cwt172.50–178.001,01812
HeifersMedium and Large 1774166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2859
HeifersMedium and Large 1525178.32/cwt175.00–181.009369
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2790154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2174
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy727160.43/cwt158.00–161.501,16610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2802163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,31120
HeifersMedium and Large 1463185.00/cwt185.00–185.0085711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2732166.76/cwt165.00–167.501,22199
HeifersMedium and Large 2478156.00/cwt156.00–156.0074612
HeifersMedium and Large 1677172.84/cwt169.50–173.251,17076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470179.33/cwt178.00–180.0084315
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned307150.00/cwt150.00–150.004617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2551161.00/cwt161.00–161.008877
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2364189.46/cwt185.00–192.0069011
HeifersMedium and Large 1814155.75/cwt155.00–156.001,26820

How this sale compares

Texas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.